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Gymnothorax javanicus
Large. Can grow to 300 cm. Green to green-brown; with small squarish black spots on head, larger irregular lichen shaped blackish blotches regularly dispersed over body and fins; gill opening in a large round black spot. Juvenile: head and body with dispersed dark blotches and spots. Source: http://eol.org/pages/994547/details
Rocky and coral reefs
Quite a large eel that I was taken aback - width is about that of a thigh! Did not dare to take a much closer shot. Must have been pissed off as we were photographing the swimming crab, (previous spot) maybe its dinner, just outside its den. Night dive at a depth of about 10.6 m. Batangas, Philippines.
Spotted on Apr 28, 2012
Submitted on Aug 17, 2012
2 Comments
Wish I could have gotten much closer Ann, but this was huge and fat. And yes got scared a bit :-)
Totally scary!! Thanks for having the guts to get THIS close and take photos!!